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A welterweight bout between Tim Means and Neil Magny has been added to the UFC Fight Night 40 event. UFC officials announced on Thursday that Means would replace the injured William Macario. Means (20-5-1) came in to the UFC on an eight-fight winning streak and earning a couple of King of the Cag...
Lightweight fighters Kajan Johnson and Tae Hyun Bang will take to the Octagon at UFC 174 in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Kajan Johnson makes debut against Tae Hyun Bang at UFC 174 UFC officials announced the bout on Thursday. Johnson (19-10) was most recently seen on TUF Nations and made his mark in hi...
From 2008-2010, Dan Hardy was one of the most polarizing figures in the welterweight division. He was becoming an international star constantly improving after every fight. Fans labeled him as brash and flamboyant, who knew how to get under his opponent’s skin before picking them apart with his b...
Video: Jon Jones vs Shogun Rua UFC 128 full fight In anticipation of the UFC light heavyweight championship bout between Jon Jones and Glover Teixeira at UFC 172, the organization is showing the full bout from Jones’ claim to the title at UFC 128 against Mauricio “Shogun” Rua. Jones dismantles Sh...
After a two week layoff, the UFC is back and hosts another event outside of the United States. They return to Abu Dhabi for the first time since UFC 112 in what was possibly the worst main event of all-time between Anderson Silva and Demian Maia. They come into Abu Dhabi with a main event […]
UFC Fight Night 39 weigh-in results The fighters taking part in tomorrow’s UFC Fight Night 39 event took to the scale today at the official UFC Fight Night 39 weigh-in festivities. Today’s weigh-ins took place at the Cornish’s East Plaza in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. UFC Fight Night 39 weig...
Let’s be honest: Every now and then it’s fun to get down into the nitty-gritty statistics and see if we can’t perform some MMAth. It helps us analyze future fights and make predictions based on previous history. Fans of all sports do it, so why can’t we? It can help us look for potential trends […]
UFC 174 – scheduled for June 14th at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, BC – finally has a main event, and it’s a title fight to boot. Demetrious Johnson will be defending his UFC Flyweight Title against Ali Bagautinov at the top of the promotion’s June pay-per-view event. The news was announced earlier ...
UFC 174 has finally had a main card fight announced, and it’s a doozy. In a bout that has “#1 Contendership” written all over it, Rory MacDonald will be taking on Tyron Woodley in a welterweight match-up. The fight will go down on June 14th at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, BC. UFC officials confirme...
A third different opponent has been found for Sarah Kaufman, after both Shayna Baszler and Amanda Nunes were forced to drop out against her do to injury. The UFC has signed Invicta FC fighter Leslie Smith to step in as the exceptionally short notice replacement for the bout set to go down on the ...
The MMA Gods seem to be set on Sarah Kaufman not fighting in Quebec City, as her latest opponent, Amanda Nunes, has suffered a hand injury. This is the second opponent to drop out of this bout due to injury – the first being Shayna Baszler. Nunes posted an x-ray of her injury on both […]
**Republished with permission from CombatSportsLaw One issue that separates MMA from other mainstream sports is the accessibility of athlete pay information. The public has ready access to salaries paid to athletes in the NHL, NBA, NFL, MLB. Even individual sports such as golf and tennis have p...
The UFC will make their first trip to New Zealand at the end of June and the main event has been set. The Auckland fans will be treated to a middleweight match-up between James Te Huna and Nate Marquardt. The MMA Corner first reported the fight on Monday, with UFC officials later confirming it. T...
Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) and the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC®) announced today that Bruce Lee, “The Father of Mixed Martial Arts”, will make his historic first step into the Octagon® in EA SPORTS™ UFC, launching June 17, 2014. Fans can pre-order today to get instant day-one acces...
At one time, Jake Shields was being called the best welterweight in the world. After losing to Hector Lombard at UFC 171 in March, he has been released from the UFC. MMA Fighting first reported the news on Monday morning. Shields (29–7–1, 1NC) made his splash on the UFC after the organization too...
Whenever a fighter is coming off two losses that were both one-sided decisions, there is always a cause for concern. Then you have to reiterate about the fighter’s future if he is 35 years old or older. Neither of those issues applies to Roy Nelson in a narrow heavyweight division. There are divi...